Carrot (Daucus carota)
Species Carrot (Daucus carota)
The carrot is a root vegetable, typically orange in colour, though heirloom variants including white, yellow, red, purple, and black cultivars exist, all of which are domesticated forms of the wild carrot, Daucus carota, native to Europe and Southwestern Asia. The plant probably originated in Iran and was originally cultivated for its leaves and seeds.
At a glance
- Lifecycle
- Biennial
- Germination temperature
- 4.4–35 °C
- Ideal germination temperature
- 26.7 °C
- Germination time
- 10–21 days
- Time to harvest
- 50–120 days